How To Change Your Life In 30 Days With Reverse Goal Setting - Try This Before 2024 | Cal Newport

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Cal Newport talks about accomplishing hard goals in Episode 275 of the Deep Questions podcast.
How you accomplish important goals: The type that can transform your life in remarkable ways? In this episode, Cal breaks down the common mistakes we make in pursuing hard goals and then details the reverse goal setting strategy he has found to work much more consistently.
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0:00 How do I follow through on transformative goals?
40:21 How do I prepare for an upcoming change to my professional life?
47:37 How do I schedule abundant free time?
51:42 Should I feel guilty that I’m so efficient I barely work?
58:21 How do I avoid doing too much?
1:05:22 How do I time block work of unknown durations?
1:11:30 Pursuing a career with two different paths
1:19:29 Joe Rogan and The Rock Talk Passion
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Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University. In addition to his academic research, he writes about the intersection of digital technology and culture. Cal's particularly interested in our struggle to deploy these tools in ways that support instead of subvert the things we care about in both our personal and professional lives.
Cal is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including, most recently, A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. He's also the creator of The Time-Block Planner.
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[@garrybrown3165]

Dr. Newport, your method is similar to one of the keys I had to learn (the HARD way) when taking organic chemistry: in order to solve exam questions given a starting compound and a final product. You have to memorize the specific reactions, cofactors and conditions and when faced with the exam question work BACKWARD from the final product to starting compound.

[@darrenrubendall3020]

He’s telling the unvarnished truth. There are no shortcuts. Kind of rare these days.

[@sarahbarton4872]

Love this!

[@RobGehring]

Thanks for the golden nuggets Cal!

[@britneeg]

I came from the podcast just to see the handwriting 14:55

[@goldeagle6391]

I started my 30 day digital declutter, lets see how it will go. thank you for helping people like us.

[@rid.h.tom.4296]

Does that include KZbin?

[@ashishbhatta5839]

How did the 30 day went?

[@bouipozz]

No reply, must've gone well!

[@niky5223]

33:16 yes! It all takes lots of efforts and courage. That's how you enjoy delay gratification later on and that satisfaction that never leaves.

[@johnlesko5495]

Great concept. We also individually design our Fin Ed "with the end in mind."

[@robinashley9646]

I learned backwards planning in the military. As a teacher, I start with assessment goals and work backwards in my lesson planning.

[@AtHost98]

It sounds so obvious but i wouldnt have thought about it.

[@guilhermecooke9506]

Hahahahhaahaha laughing out loud about "The professional font" joke... I really like all The subtle and ironic jokes you make, makes the already very interesting content even more attracting! Thank you for so many precious teachings!

[@imaginaryobligation951]

It's like The One Thing

[@everythingpolicy]

Curious to know what book Dr Newport is talking about at 1:11:08. The one which recounts how mathematicians won the fields medal.

[@Ddt71]

The next Tony Robbins

[@hopelessatusernames]

Would be interested to see Dan John as a guest on the pod, 'easy strength' as a strength-training protocol seems like a good fit. Think Tim Ferris mentioned recently he planned to invite him. I always think about Dan's phrase when I stop doing something I know I should -- 'It worked so well I stopped doing it!'

[@aldenho2561]

Cal when you hit 100 million subs would you change your channel name to MrCal or MrNewport?

[@cabin5]

Sounds like dynamic programming.

[@BaconTrades]

“… and then it’s Hemsworth time ..” 😂

[@daisysaran]

can this be applied for promotion to associate professor?

[@Heyu7her3]

If there's milestones that you must hit, yes. But a lot of that is also contingent on external factors _(ie. your colleagues)._

[@daisysaran]

@@Heyu7her3 yes there are many milestones to hit, but it also depend on the internal and external panel, i think.

[@shoppingpriority]

Now mr beast had reached 214 million subs... ⚡⚡

[@raginald7mars408]

… as a German Biologist - This is about Phase Transitions The world changes with lightning speed And we are sessile, immobile Clutching to past moments Creating Learning disabilities It is training Phase Transitions Like learning another language Totally immerse in the process This adds new Dimensions to your personality It is the most Mental Band Width you can achieve The range of Motion in Function This makes it so difficult And uncomfortable… this is about the Ranking of Values What is the Top Value How much do You value your TOP Value Do You stick with it… Or are sticks lowering your Values

[@suenigoghossian5950]

Noblesse oblige 😅

[@anniekate76]

I hope no French people were listening 😂

[@poojachopra789]

How does your life change in 30 days with this? I don’t think I’m following

[@nakata4713]

The titles and thumbnails have been going overboard lately, but it's probably just the channel's strategy to break through the choke point between 100k and 1M subscribers.

[@user-yf8oy7hb1r]

Why is it about impressing other people? Getting Notably in shape or what people would notice? In the end people will judge you anyway. Don't live your life impressing others, live your life impressing yourself.

[@Taekwontips]

That's mostly why people do it, to feel good and impress themselves

[@setapartt]

Impress God that’s the most important thing you can do

[@SceneDogsChannel]

I like Cal, but in these videos it always feels like he's saying things that lack nuance (at best) or are disingenuous (at worst). 1. Who is saying that following a checklist makes success easier? (And how is this that different from how improvement happens in any field - working backwards amounts to building a checklist...) 2. The example of algorithmic lottery rings...*weird*. He makes a point about "wandering" with no idea of what the endpoint looks like, but how is "being so good you can't be ignored" not an example of participating in an algorithmic lottery? He also has a whole hypothesis on how you don't need to define your career at the outset because "adjacent" possibilities open up as you improve - how is this not an example akin to the one he rebukes, by the way, of the person pursuing a grad degree without an explicitly clear destination? He opens a whole book championing successful people who did not have clear destinations... And that's just some of it. It always feels like he has to clarify his terms better - or else sound like his thesis' are naive...

[@MonaWazir]

So true

[@MonaWazir]

The same thoughts I had hearing this video

[@Heyu7her3]

I think the difference is leaving room for chance, kinda like assuming there will be randomness in a complex system. Maybe?

[@SceneDogsChannel]

@@Heyu7her3 I agree that that's a lot of it. But I feel like he makes the argument from the most favorable assumptions. I think it's alarming, too, that so many young people think YT success is a foregone conclusion (or at least more likely than it is), but if he was so inclined he could probably make an argument for "career capital" and "adjacent opportunities" opening up to those who pursue editing, marketing, social media skills etc. in a digital world. I think the fact that he never leaves the door open to possibilities outside of the ones he prescribes are what make one raise a flag.

[@SisypheanRoller]

In my opinion, the simple truth is that having a clear end goal in mind before you begin is a fantasy. Nobody has that. If you could, you would need: 1) perfect knowledge of the world state today, and 2) perfect prediction of the way the world would evolve given that you act on the plans to reach your desired goal state. Anyone with half a brain can see that this is a fantasy because we are all making decisions in the face of uncertainty and nothing is ever guaranteed. Most of self help can be summarised as a healthy attitude combined with a realistic self-assessment leading to good expected outcomes. If you're unlucky, you could end up dead tomorrow from some unexpected accident, but that doesn't help you get anywhere so you might as well focus on progressing. That's literally all you need to know. The rest is details.

[@huntsail3727]

Ok, I finally had the time to 'block' to listen to one of these long form videos. Lot's of good stuff. However, I pulled the plug at 1:15:53. Why? Advertising, sponsors, book plugs, etc. I get it. No, long form videos without them. But like the new NFL or the new NBA this format is not for me. The books are great. The short form videos are good. But, I am going to pass on this format.

[@danjaworsky]

Hi Cal! Wanted to thank you for ruining my life 🎉